IP COUNSELLING & STRATEGIC ADVICE

IP Counselling & Strategic Advice

Copyright law has become more comprehensive and rigorous following the multitude and variety of copyright infringement cases. Businesses become increasingly aware of the value copyright has and its potential for business growth. New subjects to copyright emerge with the development of our society and Ropatent adapts to everything new, whether it is connected to IT or artistic copyright.

With a thorough copyright audit we can help clients discover valuable assets in the works they produce and of which they may not be aware. This not only translates into assets, but also into opportunities: added value, new markets, new revenue stream, and new business.

At Ropatent we perfectly understand copyright significance, so we stay updated with the latest law and procedural changes. This way we are able to advise our clients in regards of the most appropriate approach and strategy, to avoid copyright infringement and to obtain the rightful benefits of ownership. We assist clients with copyright registration, licensing and ownership transfers, as well as different types of disputes.

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British Petroleum vs. The Community Trademarks and Design Court (Republic of Poland)

Deals & Cases

Case File No XXII GWzt 15/08 British Petroleum p.l.c. requested that: The respondent be prohibited from infringing the claimant’s registered rights of Community trade mark Nos 1 991, 1 142 363, 1 968 403, 3 363 652 and 1 916 550 by prohibiting it from: a)using green as dominant colour on the outer surfaces of […]

Helena Rubinstein And L’Oréal vs. OHIM

Deals & Cases

Case C-100/11 P The present case concerns the appeal brought by Helena Rubinstein SNC and L’Oréal SA (‘Helena Rubinstein’ and ‘L’Oréal’; or, collectively, ‘the appellants’) against the judgment by which the General Court dismissed the actions which they had brought against the decisions of the First Board of Appeal of the Office for Harmonisation in […]

CJEU ruled!

Deals & Cases

The Court of Justice of the EU is concerned about the high fees practicated by the collecting society. She thinks that imposing these high fees may amount to an abuse of a dominant position. The Court also decided that a Czech law that absolved health establishments from paying royalties for music played to their guests […]

Twitter in danger of lawsuit with IBM

Deals & Cases

Even though, the two companies announced, last month, that they had reached an agreement, that settled a 2013 claim by IBM, Twitter paid $36 million to avoid a patent infringement suit.

New changes to the Common Regulation

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The Madrid Union Assembly approved new changes to the Common Regulation during his 48th session held in September in Geneva. These new changes came into effect on 1st January 2015. When an application will be processed, the international bureau will use new guidelines. Some amendments include the changing of renewal fees for international registration, which […]

New TTIP Proposals on Intellectual Property between Europe and the United States

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Europe released online last week the first TTIP documents, two-page sheets for each of the 23 chapters. For the intellectual property chapter, no negotiating texts have been posted yet. Europe plans to address in TTIP the fact that the United States, unlike other countries, does not require radio stations to pay royalties to performers when […]

CJEU ruled: EU online copyright-infringement action

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Due to the case Hejduk vs. EnergieAgentur, CJEU ruled that an EU member state has the power to hear an infringement action regarding the copyright-infringing work accessible online in that country. The court is concerned about the posting of copyrighted images online without the consent of the copyright owner.

The number of patent applications grew in 2014

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Even though the number of patent applications grew last year more than the year before, the total number of granted patents was smaller in 2014 than 2013. In 2014 were 64.600 patents granted compared to 66.700 in 2013.

EU’s Resale Right Directive

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CJEU said that an artist or his heir could claim royalties from the re-sale of their work. The Court also said that even if the seller should pay the re-sale, the cost could actually be borne by the buyer. The EU’s Resale Right Directive specifies that member states should provide a re-sale right for the […]

Issues regarding the attempts to trademark the phrase “Je suis Charlie”

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OHIM says that these applications are unlikely to pass. Even though a large number of applications were filed all over the world, none of them has been filed at OHIM yet. However, France’s IP office rejected 50 attempts to trademark the phrase “Je suis Charlie” due to ‘overriding public interest’.